Improvement in boxes for spices



E. NORTON.

Boxes for Spices,v &c`. f Parntedmnew,1873.,

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EDWIN NORTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOXES FQMR SPIC'ES, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,688, dated une 10, 1873; application filed` July 23, 1872.

i improved mode of forming the tube or sides,

and in applying the ends.

In the drawings, A represents the tube or sides; B, the ends. To form the tube A, I take strips ot' pasteboard, or of thin wood-veneer, of the kind known as Wood-paper, and fold it around a former of suitable size, two, three,

four, or more times, so asform a tube of several thicknesses the paper or Wood is prepared with paste or glue, so as to cause the -several thicknesses to adhere to each other.

rIhese tubes should be formed of the same number of folds or laminae, so as t0 insure a uniform size, in order that the ends orcovers B may be used indiscriminately. The ends or covers B are made of tin or other suitable metal, and stamped up with a band in the form of covers, as shown. These end pieces are stamped up in dies from a single piece of metal, and are, therefore, uniform in diameter. To prepare the box for some uses I line the inside of the tube Withpaper, or other material suitable for the contents to be inclosed, and apply one end 5 the b`ox is then ready for illin g,

when the other end is applied. If desired, in

order to prevent the contents fromcoming in contact with the metal, apiece of p paper, pasteboard, or wood, may be pressed into the end pieces B; they may also be prepared with glue, cement, or otherwisefto cause them to adhere permanently to the tube. In preparing them for the market, I prefer to prepare'and apply a label which will reach from one end piece to the other, and entirely around the tube, which gives it a finished appearance, and also assists in holding the end pieces in position, and, to some extent, strengthens the tube.

This box is very economically manufactured, and will be found useful as a package for baking-powder, spices, coffee, tea, and for many other purposes,by the use of suitable lining. By gluing or cementing the laminoe of the sides together, the box is rendered im pervious to air and moisture, and the tube so formed is much strougerthan when made of a single piece of equal thickness. This box is practically air-tight 'when labeled as above directed, and, while much cheaper, is fully equal to tin cans for the purposes named.

What I claim4 as new is as follows:

The box herein described, consisting of a tube, A, of twoor more thicknesses, formed by winding and cementing a continuous strip of paper or Wood, in combination with the ends B, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

y r EDWIN NORTON.

Witnesses L. L. BOND, 0. W. BoND. 

